→ ... People can’t guess weight of most anything worth a crap and how many guys out in Arkansas or Texas have a scale at camp that goes to #1000? This is not a domestic strain of hog. It scored 30 15/16s. With an estimated 200,000 feral hogs living in the state's 75 counties, farmers in Arkansas are under assault from these wily and destructive creatures. I recently read an interesting article in "Boar Hunter Magazine", perhaps the preeminent hog hunting journal out there now. Feral Hogs are Pests. Forums User List Calendar Active ... That’s a big pig but I ain’t buying 700. A couple weeks ago I killed the biggest hog that I've ever seen. The world record for the heaviest pig so far is held by Big Bill, … I know of a dozen or more that were killed last deer season in the Evansville area of the Ozark national forrest and I know there are some in the Witter area and I even heard of some roaming around Devils Den state park. There have been sightings of hogs here in NWA and few killed here and there. Register Log In Home Forums Hunter's Campfire New Arkansas state record hog - 986lbs. It's the number one pig from Europe, taken on a cold November 2006 day by Russian hunter Igor Mochaev, in Belarus. but ten miles or less to the south and east you could find a bottom as pictured. I have seen some 250# plus in the Ouachita River bottoms in South Arkansas. Feb. 11 this video of a huge wild boar started cycling around Facebook I normally do not share social media videos here but this one is deserving of commentary. At least 187 feral hogs were shot and killed on private lands. Which would you rather eat - a hog from south Arkansas, or a deer from the CWD hot zone? Feral hogs are not native to the United States. This part of Arkansas is not known to have many wild hogs, much less any thing that big. maybe a decent bounty for each hog killed and maybe a bonus for every 100 that's killed. Unearthed pictures of a wild boar, which we are affectionately calling "King Kong Hog," spread over the Internet like wildfire a few years ago. Todd Sharp, of Little Rock, officially scored Barnett's bear for the Boone and Crockett Club. After settlers came to Arkansas, the practice was to let hogs run free in woods. It is a Eurasian boar and it is the largest one this author has ever seen on video. The caption states: "In this photo released by Melynne Stone, Jamison Stone, 11, poses with a wild pig he killed near Delta, Ala., May 3, 2007. They are an invasive species, a public nuisance and a threat to Arkansas. A 2016 story at wideopenspaces.com shows photos on alleged 1,179-pound boar killed in Russia. As hog hunting gains popularity across much of the U.S. more and more hunters are asking where they should go to find the biggest hogs and trophies. All U.S. feral hogs have roots back to the Old World, where some of the biggest, baddest of all porkers still roam. True? If this hog from Russia is real, it might be the biggest of all time. Hog Kong. or Fake? Kirby is in the foot hills of the Ouachita Mtns. In 2005, a guide at a hunting club in Alapaha, Ga., shot and killed an 800-pound hog … A hunter from Conetoe, N.C. killed this enormous wild hog after tracking the animal for a month. This Eurasian wild boar is a case in point. Some of the WMAs had to be temporarily closed to accommodate the hunt, according to the USDA. I knew he was big when I saw him and shot him, but I didn't realize how big until I walked up and saw him on the ground. While the details of this particular clip are sketchy there is no doubt this is an absolutely monstrous hog. Big Bill. I travel into Oklahoma and Texas to hog hunt. If these pictures and story are real, then this hog from Russia is … And while the photos there are impressive, the author admits there is no way to tell if they had been manipulated. The huge hog maxed out a set of scales at 500 pounds, according to North Carolina Sportsman. They compete for food resources, destroy habitat by rooting and wallowing and will eat ground-nesting birds, eggs, fawns and young domestic livestock. I would imagine if hogs got a very big price tag put on em hog hunters would make the waterfowlers look like chior boys.